My Ulcerative Colitis

Colitis, also known as ulcerative colitis, refers to a type of inflammatory bowel disease affecting the inner lining of the colon (the large intestine). Inflammation of the intestinal wall, whether chronic or acute, causes ulcers to be formed in the top layers of the lining. These ulcers may bleed and produce pus. A patient of [...]

Colitis is the term for inflammation of the colon or large bowel or intestine. The rectum is the very last part of the colon. When it is inflamed the term proctitis is used. Understanding the causes and treatment of colitis requires a basic understanding of the colon and inflammation.
The beginning of the colon is called [...]

An online clinic for those suffering from colitis and Crohn’s disease has just been launched.
The Crohn’s Disease and Colitis Clinic is to be run by the Irish Society for Colitis and Crohn’s disease (ISCC) and is sponsored by Abbott.
According to the Society, the aim of [...]

Ulcerative Colitis and the Flu don’t go well together, in fact whenever I am ill in any way my UC is always worse than usual.
I had an operation a couple of years ago for two hernias.  Before the operation I was of course quite sore, however I was surprised once again by how the UC [...]

Ulcerative Colitis and Pizza don’t seems to go too well together.  And I have no idea why.  Perhaps I just blame food too often when things start to go wrong within my body.  But, hey, I eat piazza about three times per year, it is my typical comfort food, so I really should know that [...]

The main reason I found out so quickly about my UC was that I used to jog all the time, then it became a problem. After about ten minutes jogging I would need to use the toilet. It is fairly hard to jog when you know you need to use the toliet - [...]

I love my coffee.  I used to hate my ulcerative colitis, before acceptance came slowly along - no other choice really.  I am told that the two of them don’t really go well together, but I still love my coffee.  Doctors since the beginning has told me that no food has any effect on UC [...]

I don’t mean I have been cured of ulcerative colitis, I mean I have got over the anger, the depression, and the why me…
It all took a while and was not a lot of fun.  For about one year I was sick and did not go to the doctor - kinda typical male, head in [...]